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Controversy from Talent Lawyer's Article on JAMS Image

Controversy from Talent Lawyer's Article on JAMS

Patience Haggin

Arbitration provider JAMS is staying neutral, sort of, on an entertainment litigator's claim that it favors big studios in arbitrations and mediations. The claim, made by Bird Marella partner Ronald Nessim in a law review this summer, is essentially that JAMS has a lock on studio business, with the overwhelming majority of studio contracts reviewed by Nessim naming JAMS as the dispute resolution provider.

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Prioritizing e-Mail Security in the Legal Sector

Mounil Patel

Data breaches and cyberattacks aren't new occurrences, but it can sometimes feel like they are. It's only in the last few years that we've seen these attacks make headlines more and more, increasing in both quantity and impact.

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Mental Health Issues In the Workplace

Sarah Wimberly

The challenges inherent in managing employee mental illness were vividly illustrated for the world in March of this year with the intentional crash of a Germanwings aircraft by an apparently mentally ill pilot. Although the repercussions of such tragic events can be more significant in safety-sensitive industries like transportation, these kinds of tragic events can happen in any workplace.

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CISA Passes: What It Means for Organizations and Their Data Image

CISA Passes: What It Means for Organizations and Their Data

Chris DiMarco

The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) was passed by the Senate on Oct. 27, and while it still has a few hoops to jump through before it is enacted into law, the hotly debated proposed rules may considerably impact both those organizations holding sensitive data and the users to which that data belongs.

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Cloud Taxes: Are States Heading In Right Direction? Image

Cloud Taxes: Are States Heading In Right Direction?

Ed Silverstein

It is no surprise that several states and a few cities are looking to tax cloud computing transactions given the increasing popularity of the cloud among businesses.

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New DOJ Actions Impact GC and Compliance Officer Roles Image

New DOJ Actions Impact GC and Compliance Officer Roles

Michael W. Peregrine

Several new, highly publicized fraud enforcement initiatives of the DOJ are likely to impact the roles of the general counsel and chief compliance officer. Here's why.

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Worker Injury in the 'Internet Workplace' Image

Worker Injury in the 'Internet Workplace'

Jonathan Bick

Billions of people use the Internet for work-related purposes. According to the Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project, the fastest growing demographic for Internet workers is people aged 45 to 54. This is the same age group that is most likely to engage in workplace injury litigation.

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MPAA International Piracy War Yields Two Key Wins Image

MPAA International Piracy War Yields Two Key Wins

Zach Warren

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) recently announced that two major piracy websites, Popcorn Time and YTS, were shuttered following pro-MPAA court rulings in Canada and New Zealand.

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<b><i>Online Extra</b></i> YouTube to Offer Posters Legal Support to Defend Fair Use of Videos Image

<b><i>Online Extra</b></i> YouTube to Offer Posters Legal Support to Defend Fair Use of Videos

Lisa Shuchman

In a sign that YouTube may be willing to push back against indiscriminate allegations of copyright infringement, the company announced it will offer legal support, including covering court costs, to protect some videos on its site that it believes meet the standard of 'fair use' under copyright law but have been challenged with takedown notices.

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<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> FanDuel and DraftKings Hit with About 40 Class Actions Image

<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> FanDuel and DraftKings Hit with About 40 Class Actions

Amanda Bronstad

FanDuel Inc. and DraftKings Inc. are facing about 40 class actions claiming that the online daily fantasy sport sites fraudulently enticed customers into participating in illegal gambling.

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